Linuxslaves.com - Today I'm gonna show you how to install Zoom on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and its based distributions. So you can also use this guide on Linux Mint, Elementary, Pop! OS, Zorin, KDE Neon, etc.
Zoom is a video telephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social relations.
Zoom is a video telephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social relations.
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Beginning in early 2020, the usage saw a significant global increase following the introduction of quarantine measures adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Install Zoom on Ubuntu and Derivatives
Installing one of the most popular video conferencing software on Linux is quite easy. It's available on snap store, so you can install it easily via Ubuntu Software Center, or simply running sudo snap install zoom-client via the Terminal.
But (as may you already know), snap is costs the storage. It's just one downside of snap. And thankfully, they offer traditional packages for Linux, including :
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Mint
- Oracle Linux
- CentOS
- RedHat
- Fedora
- OpenSUSE
- Arch
So let's start by opening the web browser and head to its official website at https://zoom.us/download.
Fill the Linux type, OS Architecture (32 bit or 64 bit), version with your lovely distribution, hit the Download button, and save the zoom.deb package.
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Once finished, now browse the downloaded file > right click on empty space > choose Open in Terminal > then run the following command :
sudo dpkg -i zoom_*.deb
sudo apt -f install
The fist command is used to install the deb package while the second one is used to satisfy the dependencies as shown the video below :
You can open the Zoom for Linux from the application launcher once the instalation has finished. Please make sure you have the account, or simply create one if you don't. Thanks for reading!.